The Olympic games have begun a welcome diversion from this winter rsquo s extreme cold I rsquo m looking forward to the superb sports exhibitions we rsquo ll see I rsquo m hoping that the U S coverage won rsquo t be too nationalistic that the games won rsquo t be marred by violence and that Ame

What can we learn from the trials and missteps of the founding fathers?

It’s a rare movie today that examines what it means to be a Christian.

After decades of the United States and Iran demonizing the other it is a welcome development that the two countries are sitting down to negotiate differences over Iran rsquo s nuclear program and may be within reach of a settlement Will they be allowed to make it or will Israel rsquo s Prime Mini

The U.S. justice system is frequently not just, and it is certainly not Christian.

ldquo Everybody does it rdquo is never a strong argument whether the statement applies to evading taxes cheating on school exams stealing office supplies or eavesdropping on neighbors For one thing it rsquo s untrue Everybody does not do it For another it rsquo s irrelevant But that is the

The impasse over the budget seems to have been all about 'machismo.'

One puts down Thoreau inspired, resolved to live more deliberately and more authentically.

It may yet fall through but the Russian-brokered deal to collect Syria rsquo s chemical weapons seems a genuine and life-saving diplomatic breakthrough If successful the Russians rsquo win-win-win solution to the problem of Syria rsquo s chemical weapons spares Syria the Mideast and the world a

A Czech friend suggested to me that we go see ldquo Tutankhamun ndash His Tomb and His Treasures rdquo now on exhibition in Prague The show chronicles the efforts of British archaeologist Howard Carter to discover and unearth the tomb of the 14th century B C pharaoh Replicas of more than 1 0